WEBVTT - Eagles 360: October 5 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:26.320 Hello everyone, and welcome to Eagles three sixty on this Wednesday. 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:29.159 I'm Dave Spider along with Joe Dacara. We welcome you 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:31.280 back from the bye Joe, oh, thank you. David's gonna 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:33.520 be here, and Chris the Eagles back from the bye 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:35.720 and game coming up on Sunday. We all get ready. 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:37.519 You gotta get focused to you, Yes, you're ready, Yes, 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:39.960 all right, we gonna love to get to In today's show, 0:00:40.400 --> 0:00:42.879 we're gonna talk about a throwback game, the Eagles and 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:46.279 the Detroit Lions, one that maybe didn't look pretty on 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:49.080 the field, but sure looked good on the scoreboard. We 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:51.040 take our first look at the Lions, who are one 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:53.519 and three and struggling, and in just a bit here 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:56.960 Connor Barwin joins us in studio. We're gonna really dig 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:58.760 into these Detroit Lions. I don't know what is going 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:00.959 on with this football team. Should be much better than 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:03.920 one and three on this day though, for the Philadelphia Eagles, 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:06.160 a lot of good things happening, Doug Peterson meeting the 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:09.080 media and saying that everybody is healthy and on the 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:11.560 practice field. So with that we get j updated here. 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:14.919 It's our Eagles three to six the update with Alex Smith. 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:18.679 Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith and this is your three 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:21.160 sixty update. The Eagles back at work here at the 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:24.480 Novacare Complex as they prepare for Sunday's game against the 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:27.600 Detroit Lions. A clean bill of health for the Eagles 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:31.320 as players like Zach Ertz, Leodis McKelvin, and Ryan Matthews 0:01:31.560 --> 0:01:35.120 all full participants in today's practice. We also had a 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:37.759 chance to hear from head coach Doug Peterson, who explained 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:40.440 what his message was to this team as they come 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:44.280 back from the buy three and oh, really, in my opinion, 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:47.680 our season starts now, you know, and we've what we've 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:50.520 did already is great and we're in a good position, 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:52.840 but we need to we need to buckle down and 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:56.680 prepare as if this is week one and go go 0:01:56.760 --> 0:02:00.600 one game at a time. Quarterback Carson wentz All explained 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:02.480 what he was able to do during the bye week, 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:05.680 which entailed going back home to North Dakota, seeing friends 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:08.440 and family, and attending a North Dakota State Bison game 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:11.760 in the process. Um a little bit, you know, I 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.000 think everyone back home is just really excited about the 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:17.520 success both of myself, the Eagles um, the Bison. You know, 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:20.200 everyone's just kind of fired up back there. So there 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:23.040 was a lot of really you know, well received. I mean, 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:24.880 people back there support the heck out of me and 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:27.400 support the back out of um like I said here 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:30.040 and the Bison. So but it was all, it was 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.320 all really good, and you know, I'm very cautious about 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:34.079 taking too much praise. You know, I realized it's only 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:35.280 three games and we got a long way to go. 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:39.359 To check out the complete press conferences from Malcolm Jenkins 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:41.760 and Carson Wentz as well as all of our other 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:45.239 went stay coverage inside the Eagles locker room, stay right 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.600 here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com and the official Eagles 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:52.360 mobile app. Thank you so much, Alex. I think Joe 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:56.160 that the big concern for Eagles fans, perhaps injuries aside, 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:59.280 is the idea of a trap game. Eagles three at 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:02.480 oh during the praises of the outside world for the 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:05.480 last week, do they dip their performance on Sunday? Well, 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:07.480 I hope not. It is something Dave, I think we're 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:10.000 all kind of cognizant of because you know, listen to 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:12.520 where they were before the bye was phenomenal. I mean 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:15.240 that Pittsburgh game Eagles played two weeks ago now week 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:16.680 and a half ago, if he will, was obviously one 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:18.399 of the best games Eagles have played in a bunch 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.120 of years. So I think the bye wasn't exactly at 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.799 the opportune time, but it is what it is. It's 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:26.440 the way the schedule was dealt. And you know, Sa Dave, 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:29.040 you know, obviously it's the responsibility just come back in charging. 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:32.959 But is everyone cognisantovin? I mean, I'm sure, y yeah. 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:35.600 We'll take a look at the Eagles, obviously, and we'll 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:37.640 take a look at the Troy Lions. Our first look there. 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:40.760 Next up here on Eagles three sixty linebacker turn defensive 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:43.480 end Carter Barwin in to talk about a defense that 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:47.400 is roaring through three games. What's ahead on Sunday? We'll 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:54.400 find out from Barwin in just a moment. I sept 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:57.560 to Philly. 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Maybe my bye 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:42.440 week was fantastic? Went out to University Colorado, saw big 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:46.920 time college football games. Did a hiking mountain. Saint Mary's 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:50.599 Glacier was fantastic. Saw a little snow in September. Beautiful 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:54.359 part of the country up there. How's How's Havannah? Havannah 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:55.960 was awesome. It was a good way for me to 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.680 get away. Um, I was there for about four days. 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:03.280 Why why Cuba, Well, it's it's actually it's pretty easy 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:06.440 to go to now, it's pretty close. Actually, it's just 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:10.640 obviously he was just South Florida and I just thought 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:12.680 it would be an interesting place to go. I know 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:15.400 it's going to change rapidly now that the US commerce 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:17.080 is coming in the country, so I wanted to see 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:20.159 it before all these changes take place. And during the 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:24.240 bye week, Hunter, how important feture just not think about football? Yeah, 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:26.520 I mean, that's that's what I try to do. You know, 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:28.960 you have a long training camp which is six seven weeks. 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:31.120 Then we had three weeks where you're all in so 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:33.240 I try to almost check out for three or four 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:36.880 days totally and then come back as fresh as possible. 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:38.479 And that's what I did. Do you work out during 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:40.920 that time because it's not like you're you know, able 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:44.200 to just kind of eat French fries and drink beer 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:45.520 the whole time. You got to get back and get 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:48.240 ready for the Detroit Lions here. Yeah, yeah, No, I 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:50.720 mean I worked out a little once before I went 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:53.920 to Cuba. When I was there, I walked around a lot. 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:56.440 You know, I might have had a couple sodas while 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:58.479 I was there, but I still tried to go to 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:00.840 bed at a reasonable reasonable hour every night and get 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:03.320 good sleep and kind of continue to recover while I 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:06.159 was off that week. So you come back to the 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:09.520 novicare complex, Connor, And what's the vibe in the locker room? 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:13.120 Three and old September? A week off? Everybody's talking about 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:16.440 the Eagles. What was it like? First day back? It 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:18.640 was good, And we came back Monday Monday, had a 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:21.520 good practice, got a good workout in. We were off Tuesday, 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:23.040 and then came back today and we're back on a 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:26.840 normal game week schedule, and I think everybody is fresh 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:29.240 but also kind of locked back in right where we 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:32.240 left off when we after we beat the Steelers. And 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:34.240 it's a really interesting position to be in. I mean, 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:36.840 three and oh, a lot of guys here who haven't 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:41.560 won in the NFL. Everybody thinking this team is fantastic. 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:43.680 How do you keep that tog. I mean, you know, 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.240 outside the building, it's Eagles, Eagles, Eagles, it's Carson Winscarson 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:48.680 winscarss wins. That can get to you know, well, it's 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:51.800 funny for me. Everybody's been asking me about that during 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:55.800 the bye week, and when you go to Cuba, nobody 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:58.000 was talking about the Eagles or anything. So I feel 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:00.760 like everything's really settled down. But I guess if you 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:04.600 stayed in Philadelphia that wasn't the case. But to handle that, 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:06.560 I mean, we just need to focus one day at 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:08.720 a one day at a time, look at the film, 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:10.360 see what we're doing right, see what we're doing wrong, 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:12.280 and try to get better every day. Three games in 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:15.480 Connor with Jim Schwartz's defense, and everybody's been so excited 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:17.920 about Jim since he got here. What have you kind 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:21.440 of felt about this defense through three games? I think 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:24.960 overall we're a really smart defense, you know what I mean. 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:28.200 We're not making mistakes, we're not beating ourselves, We're all 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:32.720 playing together. We're playing sound at all three levels, and 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:34.679 I think that's why ultimately we're keeping a lot of 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:36.559 people out of the end zone. A lot of confidence 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:39.160 with the group trusting each other. Yeah, yeah, I mean, 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:40.520 and it's going to continue to grow. I think we 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:44.160 had confidence before the season started, but every week, when 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:46.960 you continue to play with each other gain more trust, 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:49.840 You're only getting more confidence as you go. It's Detroit 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:52.720 on Sunday, and we all know less Thanksgiving did not 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:55.840 go well for the Philadelphia Eagles. Do players, do you 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:58.480 think at all about that game? No? I mean, I've 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.160 moved on. Obviously, that was a really disappointing game. But 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:05.000 they're a different team. We are definitely a way different team. 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:07.880 And when we're focused on this year, what we have 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:09.800 to do to beat them and what we can do 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:11.400 to be a better team, and what are they like 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:14.840 on offense? Well, it starts with their quarterback. Obviously, he's 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:16.600 a he's a great player. He can he can get 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.080 really hot and throw you know, eighty eighty five percent 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:21.840 completion rate, So we need to make sure we disrupt him. 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:24.520 And then they got a running back and Riddick that 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:26.720 can really make him missing and get big chunk plays 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:28.800 on you. So we'll have to keep him contained. What 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:32.440 is the level of Jim Schwartz and his intensity this 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:36.720 week going back to Detroit? Uh, He's the same as always. 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:39.600 He hasn't made it about him sort of speak, not 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:43.440 at all. He obviously knows they're players, a lot of 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:46.000 those players because he was there with them. But other 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.520 than that, he's been the same guy as he has 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:50.720 been the first three weeks. I am the Eagles insider, 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:53.240 so I'm I'm of the belief that you are a 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:56.400 defensive captain for this game. That's true. See how I 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:59.040 get that interest I found out earlier today. Yeah, congratulations. 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:01.439 What's it mean? What's it mean to be a captain? Really? Honestly, 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:03.800 like people out there have no idea what captain does? 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:06.319 What are the responsibilities of a captain on game day? Well, 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:08.280 I think here we do it where you know, there's 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:12.320 different captains every week, Doug picks the three guys. There's 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.120 one from offense, one from defense, one from special teams. 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.000 Obviously it's an honor, but I think Doug is picking 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:21.800 those captains by what they do consistently every single week. 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:23.320 And then to be able to go out there and 0:10:23.360 --> 0:10:26.040 represent your team during the coin toss, that is just 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:27.880 kind of an honor and for the team to be 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:29.360 able to do that, and I know that you pose 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:32.199 for a picture with the other captains on the team, 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.120 and then the Eagles give you a framed photo of this. 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:37.079 This is correct if you win the game. Oh is 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:40.040 that right? If you lose a game, you're yeah, nobody 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:43.840 wants a picture of themselves captain and then like the score. 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:48.000 Yeah yeah. Have you had a framed photo of yourself 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:50.640 as a captain? I got, I got many of that. 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:54.320 What does Barwin do with all these photos? I think 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:57.640 I have one at my house as you walk in, 0:10:57.679 --> 0:10:59.480 there's a big picture now like down in the gym. 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.640 I have one, But then the other other ones I've 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:04.480 signed and had the other guys signed, and then I 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:06.640 usually just give them away to people. Very cool. I 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:08.600 know it's a homecoming for you, Connor. You have friends, 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:11.080 family going to this game. Yeah, yeah, I gotta you know, 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:12.760 probably about one hundred people. I know that I'll be 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:15.720 at the game. Great, and Connor, Barwin's buying tickets for 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.760 everyone from Detroit, Michigan. Who's gonna root for the film? 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:20.280 You know in the league. As long as I have 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:23.679 your family and friends not to get tickets themselves. That's right. 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:25.480 It took eight years, but they figured about this year, 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:28.000 so thank you. Well, it's good to get be back here, 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:29.760 getting the grind again, you know, get ready for in 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:32.559 the in the swing of things, thirteen games, the most 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:34.040 fun I've had in the last ten days. There we 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:37.120 go back, Connor Barwin, thanks man, good luck on Sunday 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:40.560 counter Barwinning studio on Philadelphia Eagles dot com and our 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.920 official team at This portion of Eagles three sixty was 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.720 presented by Santon Dair. Do you have what it takes 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:49.400 to win? 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And Joe, the Eagles 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:00.400 are not overlooking the Detroit Lions, but as we kind 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:03.400 of go through the schedule here, that Redskins game pops 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:05.480 up the first test in the NFC's Yeah, and those 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:07.760 games are so big, Dave obviously I mean, there's only 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:11.080 six division games in a sixteen game schedule, so that 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:13.760 one versus Washington will be big. And then Minnesota with 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:16.040 Sam Bradford and they're playing so good and the defense 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:18.360 they have, you know, even without Adrian Peterson, what they're doing. 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:20.560 And then of course you look ahead to Dallas and 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:22.880 who knows he will be the quarterback of the Cowboys. 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:25.080 It presumably will still be Dak Prescott at that time, 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:27.840 so the first of what could be many matchups between 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.280 Dak Prescott and Carson Wentz. So it's a really interesting 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:33.320 four week stretch. It's not a particularly easy stretch because 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:35.360 you know Washington and two and two they're hanging in there, 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:37.480 Dallas obviously playing some good ball in Minnesota as we know, 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:39.880 and three to four on the road, So certainly a 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:41.800 stretch where if the Eagles can grab three out of four, 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:44.160 I think that would be pretty darn good. We'll see 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:46.400 how it plays out. But the Lions are the game 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:48.600 that matters, and we will now take a look at 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:51.320 the Detroit Lions, our first look at them. They are 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:54.520 one in three. There are some talented players here. I 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:56.840 want to start on the defensive side. Really briefly, because 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.600 they've struggled so much getting off the field on third downs, 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:02.160 they struggled against the run, they haven't had a pass 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:06.200 rush without Ziggyonsa and DeAndre Levy, both of whom are 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:09.360 long shots to play on Sunday, Joe, it appears that 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:12.960 the Eagles offense, led by Carson Wentz should have a 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.120 good day. Yeah, I would agree with that day. I 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:17.640 think this sets up well for the Eagles offense. And 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:19.680 part of it, of course, is because Carson Wentz has 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:21.800 played as well as he has, so he's just so 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:26.080 much more advanced than expected that I really believe right 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:27.760 now he's, you know, really obviously one of the best 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:30.080 players in the NFL. Now, well, he maintained that through 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:32.200 the whole season. I mean, I'm not sure, but I 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:33.760 sure as heck think he's got a heck of a 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:36.720 bright future. And it's very likely that future stays bright 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:38.680 the whole rest of the way this year. So, yeah, day, 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:40.840 when you look at the Detroit Lions, they're not a 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:43.760 particularly good team. You know, their defense, as you said, 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:46.480 has struggled. They've struggled in the passing game. Asa is 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:48.360 a big loss for them if he doesn't play and 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:50.240 he was third in the NFL and sacks last year. 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:52.200 So he's a guy that can get out to the quarterback. 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:53.800 That's a big and it has been a big loss, 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:55.520 and if he doesn't play will be a big loss. Yeah. 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.480 And now for the Detroit offense, there are some weapons 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:00.600 and this is where they can really gets scary. The 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:03.720 Detroit Lions led by quarterback Matthew Stafford. They've got a 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:06.520 veteran group of receivers. They throw the ball to field 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:08.920 Riddick out of the backfield, but if they can give 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:13.120 Stafford time, he is really really dangerous. So objective number 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:16.320 one for the Eagles defense as always, is to pressure 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:19.880 the backfield and put some heat on Stafford, who's thrown 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:22.960 four interceptions and can get jittery back there when there's 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:24.480 pressure in his face. I agree with you, Dave. I 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:27.520 think Matthew Stafford this isn't maybe quite a fair comparison. 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:29.400 I don't mean to say that they're equal in anyway, 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:31.400 but I think Stafford has a little bit of Jay 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:33.520 Cutler in him and that he can beat you. He 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:35.840 can sling it, he can make all the throws, but 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:39.440 he can also throw one up that obviously defensive player 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:41.400 can grab and you know, it can change the equation 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.200 of a game and obviously get the defense the ball. 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:45.080 So you know, Dave like, for instance, you talk about 0:16:45.080 --> 0:16:47.880 Matthew Stafford and he's had some huge statistical seasons and 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:49.640 he said some years with the Detroit Lions and made 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:52.400 the playoffs. They've never really broken through in a meaningful way, 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:54.160 but they've had some success kind of yo yo, and 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:56.520 back and forth from good and bad. But you know, 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:58.800 in the last five years, he's had all five seasons, 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:01.080 last five years, forty two hundred yards or more, which 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:05.040 is really impressive. Get a five thousand yards season, well 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:06.119 it is, but here, but let me give you a 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:09.520 number on the negative. Those five seasons, all those passing yards, 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:13.359 seventy seven interceptions. That's a lot. Now, I do believe 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:15.920 they have historically put him in a position to throw 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:18.160 too much. I think he could have benefited more from 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:20.440 a better running game through the years, and so that's 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:22.600 something that he's been dealing with for a long time. Obviously, 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:25.040 he no longer has Calvin Johnson, which is a you know, 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:27.600 a huge loss for him and for that franchise. Considering 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:31.080 obviously Calvin Johnson a future Hall of Famer, but he's 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:33.240 had some good years and he's sent many good games, 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:35.280 but he can give it up and Dave. That's something 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:38.080 I'm sure Jim Schwartz's defense will look to try to 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:40.480 cause this weekend. And they don't run the football well 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:42.359 this year, but they do throw it very well. And 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:47.080 Marvin Jones has stepped in to replace Calvin Johnson, and 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:50.119 he's had a tremendous first four games, the most yards 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:53.080 in Lions history first four games of the season. He's 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:55.159 a deep threat. He's strong enough to go up and 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.679 get the football. He's somebody the Eagles will certainly have 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:01.040 to contend with, along with other weapon been Golden Tape 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:04.760 and a Quan Bolden and Eric Ebron at the tight 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:08.320 end position. Detroit Ken throw the football. If they get hot, 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:10.440 they could swing it around. We saw that last year 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:13.360 on Thanksgiving. The Eagles of course, have been using only 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:15.040 to see that again, right. The Eagles have been using 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:18.240 a spread it around philosophy offensive lead. Everybody getting a 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:20.480 lot of touches. Jordan Matthews has been I think the 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:22.920 key player in the passing game, and then Zach Ertz 0:18:22.920 --> 0:18:24.679 comes back this weekend. I think Carson Wentz has been 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:26.320 the key player in the passing game. But I know 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:30.280 what you mean, Dave, Well, I mean from the receiving standpoint. Well, 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:32.200 now listen, No, No, Jordan Matthews has done well, and 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:33.840 he's he's a good player, and he's a player that 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:35.840 I really believe has a legit shot to get one 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:37.399 hundred catches this year. I mean he's you know, he's 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:39.920 kind of on pace for that that range. He's a 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:42.000 very good player. A third year obviously a lot of 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:46.359 opportunity primarily inside two way go inside, but more outside 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:49.320 this year and also more downfield this year. Doug Peterson 0:18:49.400 --> 0:18:51.840 certainly opening up Jordan matthews game. And to this point, 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:54.840 Jordan's done a really nice job, you know, working into 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:57.679 the role and a more diversified role within this Eagles 0:18:57.680 --> 0:19:00.359 offense than he ever had under Chip Kelly. Dave. So certainly, no, 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:02.640 he's a key player for the team. Yeah, so we'll 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:04.760 see the impact of zach Ertz back here. How often 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:07.480 do the Eagles use their three tight end sets. They 0:19:07.520 --> 0:19:09.399 will have a different look in this game than the 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:12.000 previous three games, and I think that's really exciting to see. 0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:14.720 You wonder when defenses are going to kind of catch 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:17.640 up to the scheme, to the tendencies of the Eagles, 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:20.280 and so from that standpoint, the bye week comes at 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:22.240 a good time as the Eagles look for victory and 0:19:22.320 --> 0:19:24.240 number four all right, hopefully all right. So with the 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:27.840 Eagles in Detroit on Sunday in Detroit, one o'clock kickoff, 0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:30.159 when we returned Eagles three sixty, We're going to go 0:19:30.160 --> 0:19:32.320 into the wayback machine in our old school all twenty two. 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:34.359 Look at the Eagles and the Lions. 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